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WEDNESDAY
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Official Organ Ben Hill County and City of Fitzgerald
BULGARIANG BEND BACK ALLIES
WING ON BALKAN WAR FRONT
London, Aug. 23.—DBoth allied
wings on the Saloniki front where
the soldiers of at least seven na
tions are in battle, have been bert
backwby the Bulgarians. In the
center, however, where the al
lies’ main effort is being made at
the entrance to the great Vardar
valley, Paris reports important
gains. :
Nothing is said about the Rus
sian or Italian share in the fight
ing, and no information has been
given as to their strength. The
Serbians apparently have been
the heaviest losers and have been
forced back on their extreme left
about five miles from the Serbian
and Greek frontier. They claim,
however, continued progress on
the other sections of their front.
On the allied right the British
and French who had crossed the
Struma towards the Bulgarian
frontier have been forced back on
the river. :
On the western front there has
been little change. The British
continue their efforts to surround
Thievpval and report the capture
of 100 yards of German trenches
in the direction of Martinpuich.
There has been no action of im
portance on the French section.
For several days meagre Rus
sian reports have insisted that
nothing, of importance has occur
red in the east. Berlin, however,
describes very heavy fighting,
both off the Stockhod and in the
Carpathians. An interesting fea
ture of the Russian official state
ment is the intimation that the
Grgnd Duke Nicholas. again is
pressing his offensive in the Cau
casusy, “®or the last two days
Petro; rad has emphasized the
fighting amu';(l Diarbekr, but no
yimportant change has occurred.
30 SOUTHERN NEGROES
IN CLASH WITH WHITES
Detroit, Aug. 22.—More than
thirty negroes, recently brought
here from . Alabama by a manu
facturing company, have left the
ncighboring town of Wyandotte
within the last twenty-four hours
as a result of several clashes with
the white population.
A free-for-all fight occurred in
a Wyandotte street car Sunday
night, starting when a negro re
fused to give his seat to a white
woman. There was another ra
cial disturbance last night, in
which one negro was killed. It
was asserted today that a com
mittee of white men had given
the negroes until today to leave
the town.
Good Middling |° hi Ad : B At the Empixa
Cotton 14 1-8¢ LVErything Advancing, But At E
THE Empire Store is in better position to serve you now than ever b=fore you will find our complete lines o
Domestics, Piece Goods, Notions, Shoes, Mens Furnishings, Ladies and Mens Ready-to-wear at no materiz
advance in price. You will have no trouble with the colors absolutely guaranteed at the same old prices. -
Ginghams, Cheviots and
Chambrys 18111 l ;fl; St.he latest -
A large stock of the above materials
for the childrens school dresses in
Fuaranteed fast colors at the old
Price---
: 10 and IS5c yard
Apron Ginghams still - - 8¢ yd.
Cheviots, that hard closely woven
gast colorgd ma‘qell"lial fog shirts,
resses and especially goo
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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
LAW IN THE COURTS
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22—It was
the happiest day of her life for
Mrs. Minnie Anderson Hale, of
this city, when she received her li
cense yesterday to practice law
in the courts of Georgia. The
agitation started by Mrs. Hale
was responsible for the passage
of the bill by the legislature, at
its recent session, allowing wo
men to be admitted to the bar,
and she was the first to receive
a license in the state, following
Governor Harris’ approval of the
bill.
Mrs. Hale graduated some years
ago from an Atlanta law school,
passed her examination for ad
mission to the bar, and was de
nied a license beczuse the law
made no provision for the admis
sion of women to practice. She
appealed from the decision of the
Fulton superior court to the state
supreme court, and - that court
sustained the lower court in de
nying her a license. Then was
launched the agitation which re
sulted in the passage of the bill.
Three other women were ad
mitted to the bar at the same
time Mrs. Hale was granted her
license, the others being Mrs.
Clara B. Bevard, who was admit
ted by comity from Florida,
where she has previously prac
ticed; and Mrs. Beatrice Castle
ton and Miss Agnes E. Klein,
two gradutes of the same school
where Mrs. Hale secured her di
ploma some years ago.
HAVE YOU YOUR $39.23?
Atlanta, Ga:; Aug. 23.—L00k in
yvour pocketbook. Have you got
much money there? You ought
to have more than you ever had
before.. Why? Because there is
more money in circulation in the
United States at the present time
than. there ever was before, and
if you haven’t got your share it
may be your own fault. .
For the first time in history, ac
cording to bankers, the circula
tion medium has passed the four
billion mark. There is on hand
$4,018,000,000 changing daily in
the United States. This is ninety
one million more than was in cir
culation last month and four hun
dred and twenty-three million
more than was in circulation this
time last year.
Of this sum your per capita
share is $39.23 compared with
$38.36 last month and $35.59 this
time a year ago. So you ought
to have 87 cents more than you
had last month and $3.64 morc
than a year ago.
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG. 23, 1916
STATE TAX LIMIT
FIXED AT FIVE MILLS
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—Comp
troller General Wright today
computed the 1916 tax rate ofh
cially at the full limit of 5 mills,
ad valorem levy for the year.
This, it is stated, results from
heavy appropriations made last|
November and added to by thc|
last legislature on account of the!
heavy appropriations and loss of
certain revenue, there will be a
deficiency of not less than $600,-
000 after the limit is levied.
With every county in the state
save two, Dougherty and Floyd,
heard from, the total tax valua
tion in the state is practically the
same as in 1915, with an enor
mous increase in appropriations.
At the extraordinary session
$206,000 was appropriated in ex
cess of the revenue and to this the
last session added over $400,000.
Including the corporation re
turns of $152,623,510, which are
$1,304,930 in excess of last year,
and an additional $45,000,000 ex
pected from the ten counties or
dered by State Tax Commission
er John C. Hart to increase the'
returns to confirm the state acre
age, the total tax valuation for
Georgia for 1916 amounts to
$957,132,510. This one item of]
$45,000,000 expected from these
ten counties will bring in an in
creased revenue of $22,500.
PROGRAM FOR MEETING |
OF F. H. S. GRADUATES|
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To be Held at Library Thursday!
Evening, at Eight O’clock l
Music,
Short talks by Chairman, .\lr.s
Sam Kassewitz. ‘
Business transacted.
Violin solo—Miss Helen Pat
terson. |
Reading— Miss Mildred Tisdel. |
Selection by quartette—DMes- |
srs. Mashburn, Kassewitz, James|
and GaYwood. ' ‘
Talks by graduates, begun I;_\'2
Miss Mina FEmery, Class 180 K, '
HAZEL HUBBERT
The many friends of the family |
in the city will be shocked to
learn of the death of Miss Hazel t
Hubbert at her late home in Ne-|
braska. A wire received by Miss|
Nora Johnson from Miss Vera, |
who was visiting at the home, |
brought the sad news of her|
death, which occurred last Satur-;
day at Upkearney, Neb. |
The remains were laid to rest|
at Stromshurg, Neb. ‘ i
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Isaaecs, ')I-{
Jacksonville, Fla., arrived in the
city for a short visit with his sis
ter, Mrs. Art Chaple. Mr. and
Mrs. Isaacs will motor to Atlanta |
and other points in Georgia bc-i
fore returning to their Florida
home. |
Summer Sale of Man
hattan Shirts
All $1.50 Manhattan 5hirt5...................... ...$.llB
“-$2.00 » e o
“ $2.50 and $3.00 Manhattan 5hirt5.............51.95
“ $3.75 and $4.00 Manhattan 5hirt5..........52.85
‘“ $5.00 and $6.00 Manhattan 5hirt5..........53.85
Clearance Sale Mens Suits
Hart, Sshaffner and Marx, Styleplus, Palm Beach,
Dixie We .ves going at a 1 reduction---
Special Rackat.......... .............. ONE HALF PRICE
Another lot including the light shades......l-4 OFF
The third lot includes the Blue Serge and heavier Suits
that are good for fall and winter C 7/ 4
wear at. l lO /0 Off !
20-CENT COTTON IS NO
DREAM, SAYS SEYMOUR
Macon, Ga., Aug. 23.—“1t wont
surprise me a bit if cotton goes to
20 cents a pound, said G. C. Secy
mour, manager of Scribner's At
lanta headquarters for the state
of Georgia and Alabama. “The
people throughout Alabama and
Georgia believe that the price is
going considerably higher than it
is now.”
Mr. Seymourarrived in the city
last night on onc of his regular
trip here and will be here until
the latter part of the week. He
has just madc a trip through the
state of Alabama.
“l have been traveling through
these two states for the past five
years,” said Mr. Seymour, “and I
can safely say that as a whole
conditions are much better right
now than they have been at any
time during those five years.”
GREAT SINGER COMING
Leßoy StJohn, of Spokane,
Washington, has been engaged
by the Central Christian church,
of this city to direct the music in
the forthconiing revival, to be
held here, commencing Sept. 3rd.
This is considered by well in
formed musicians as a rare treat
for this community, as it is not
often that a city the size of Fitz
gerald can afford the services of a
great singer like Mr. StJohn. He
is said to be by those who have
heard him sing in other cities of
this country, to be one of the best
qualified men in the business, and
in the great doctronial Congress,
recently held in Canton, Ohio, he
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the United States, as the one best
man to lead the singing. A local
committee has the arrangements
in charge and they promise the
music-lovers of this city some of
the best music they ever heard.
All the choirs of the city have
been invited to participate, and
an &-piece orchestra will assist.
Mr. St. John comes direct from
Due to the work of Mr. C. B.
Lee, Fitzgerald now has as fully
equipped a weather station as any
city of its size in the state. After
Uncle Sam had been kind enough
to give us the weather forecast
service, Postmaster Adams and
Mr. Lee resolved to get for Fitz
gerald all that was coming to her
We have it.
In the park in front of the post
office, you may now sece in addi
tion to the flag staff, an arrange
ment closely resembling an ice
cream freezer and what looks like
a bat roost to the uniuitiated. The
“ice-cream freezer” is a device
for registering rainfall. By means
of this the minimum total and
mean rainfall is recorded. Inside
the “bat roost” are thermome
ters of the most improved type
which enable the maximum and
mean temperature to be figured.
The results will be published in
the Leader-Enterprise.
For the the benefit of all who
fail to understand the working of
these instruments, Miss Emory,
chief clerk at the post office, will
explain it to any one who will call
at her window at the post office.
SPECIAL NOTICE—This is
Uncle Sam’s property and must
be absolutely let alone. The U.
S. A. is very strict about the way
its property is cared for and will
punish the slightest offense in
this regard. These instruments
may be ruined very ecasily but
our government has a way of
making offenders regret their of
fetise.
FLORIDA VISITORS
Dr. R. Thor Weaver and wife,
Miss [thel Haycroft, Mrs. lEd 3
Gasque and family and Mr. John
Scoville, of ‘Dade City, -Fla.. ar
rived in the city Tuesday after
noon en rotite from Atlanta to
their home in Florida, They
were the guests of Mr, M. Mob
ley, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Gas
que. Dr. Weaver ‘is the 1. S
Demonstration Agent in Dade
county and an enthusiast on di
versified fTarming and the hog and
cattle industry. They 'left this
morning via the Central route for
Jacksonville. ¢
Terre Haute, Ind., and will arrive
in plefity of time to work the mu
sicians into shape for the open
ing service on Sept. 3.
Anyone in the city who will
take part in the big chorus, who
have not already done so, are re
quested to send in your name to
Dr. 1.. A. Turner, who is chair
man of the local music commit
tee.
Ladies}Ready-to-Wea.
A few Summer Suits we are closing out for 1-2 pricu.
These suits are good for Summer and early fall wear. 4
*ll° closing out our Sum- f
Mllllnery mer Hats at I'2 Ofi]
A Few of the fast ;
colored Gingham IROIPETS 1-2 Off !
The new things for fall are coming in. The new Hart
Schaffoer and Marx Suits for Men. z‘
Beautiful line of Ladies Skirts, Dresses and Coat Suits
and Waists just arrivad. Comsz in and see the ne\lg |
styles. (\f ‘
E One Price to‘Evejybody : )_ . J
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 102
WA, J. C. BREWER
After an exciting e¢xperience in
Jacksonville, where it was alleged’
that he ran into a car on s way
to Atlantic Beach on the night of
the 19th and placed under = $l.-
000 bond for the offence, Mr.
Brewer is back home. Mr. Brew
er talks freely about his would
be-troubles and gave out the fol
lowing statement in reference to
the affair:
“I knew nothing of the accident
until Monday morning, when the
proprietor of the hotel informed
me that some deputies were look
ing for an eight-cylinder Cadillac
roadster at the beach. Mine be
ing the only roadstcr of this des
cription at the beach, it naturafly
occurred to me that they must be
making a search for me. I pro
ceeded to Jacksonville and went
to the Sheriff’s office of Duval
county, when I was informed that
charges of attempted manslangh
ter had been made against me,
growing out of the allegation that
an auto such as I was driving was
accused of having run into and
turned over a Fokd on its way to
the Beach Saturday night pre
ceeding. A careful examination
of my car showed the improb
ability of its having been in con
tact with another car, as there are
no signs of any kind on my car.
On examination of the other car
in question brought out the fact
that no visible signs of vicolent
contact were perceivable om it
and the tracks near the accident
leads to the belief that the car rum
off-the paved road, which is onky
about 15 feet wide and turned
over when it struck a stump T
the sandy woods, and running
along the side of the road. Both
parties in the car at the time are
getting along well, one ()t},‘t'!}\em
is already out of the hospi pri
the other will be out i and
days. 1 was not aware i place
had turned over, as For the
would have stopped to If the
the occupants had thicescrib
case. lled to
“I'was informed befonding
lacksonville that my caimula
called some time 14 Chouses
ever, 4ds :the uf.fia[f'l placed
have made up theif ngorniean :
visible evidence that the accicen®
was none of my making”’
Mzr. and Mrs. \G. H. Jobnson
and little son left Monday aftes
noon for a week’s stay at Pablk
Beach. ) fe iy
Mrs. F. C. Fusselldeaves soom
for Atlanta, where she will meet
her daughter, Miss. Alice, who is
returning from a very pleasantly
spent summer in_ the mountains
of North Carolina.s "t ico 0 e e